Nightmarks in Manitoba
7 nightmarks documented
La Barrière Park — the haunted green space of Ritchot, Manitoba
French and Indigenous voices drift on the wind at this Manitoba river crossing — fur traders, settlers, and Indigenous peoples all passed through, and some never left.
Fort La Reine — the phantom soldiers of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
French voices echo from the empty blockhouse of this 1738 fur trading post — the collision of European and Indigenous worlds left its mark on the Manitoba prairies.
Mallard Lodge & Delta Marsh Field Station — Manitoba's isolated haunting
A weeping woman watches from the upper windows of this isolated Manitoba marsh lodge — researchers and birders encounter her in the wetland mists.
St. Norbert Monastery — the burning ruins of Manitoba's Trappist monks
Arson destroyed this Trappist monastery in 1983, but the monks' chanting still rises from the ruins — hooded figures appear among the stone walls at dusk.
Burton Cummings Theatre — Winnipeg's haunted vaudeville palace
A phantom patron in formal wear watches from the balcony and applauds the empty stage — Winnipeg's 1906 vaudeville palace has never had an empty house.
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre — Winnipeg's haunted performing arts space
Phantom voices rehearse lines in the empty auditorium of Winnipeg's premiere theater — decades of emotional performances may have left their mark on the building.
Fort Garry Hotel — the suicidal bride of Room 202, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Blood drips from the walls of Room 202 where a bride took her life — phantom dancers still waltz in the ballroom of Winnipeg's grand château hotel.